Volleyball team

Volleyball teams get real about goals (18-09-2007) HA NOI — Viet Nam’s aim to win bronze medals in the men and women’s beach volleyball team events in the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games may not be achieved as they have not had enough opportunity to play in domestic or international tournaments. The women’s team would have had a better opportunity if Mai Thi Hoa, who was fifth in Asia, hadn’t retired from competition earlier this year. As Hoa is absent, Phan Thi Cam Hong has lost her most experienced teammate and will play with replacement Nguyen Thi Tiep. Head coach, Huynh Thanh Son said, "Although Tiep plays well, they have not played much together and need more time to built up their partnership and understanding of each other, so the Hong-Tiep combination will be not as effective as Hong-Hoa for some time." In the Southeast Asia, the Vietnamese women’s team are ranked after Thailand who have carefully prepared to defend their title. But Viet Nam … [Read more...] about Volleyball teams get real about goals

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides Doan Nguyen Duc, a businessman who is famous for his Hoang Anh Gia Lai football team, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has another businessman who also invests in sports – Bui Phap, the chair of Duc Long Military Zone 5 volleyball team. Doan Nguyen Duc was deemed extravagant when he bought a Thai football star Kiatisuk nine years ago. Now Bui Phap is considered extravagant to invest a lot of money in his volleyball team. He has also bought a Thai star, Wanchai Tabwises, Duc and Phap are the same age, 49. They grew up in poor families, chose Gia Lai as their home and started working in wood processing. If Duc has become very famous after a long time investing in football, Phap became known only in 2009 when he invested in the Duc Long Military Zone 5 volleyball team. Phap’s Duc Long Gia Lai group committed itself to pay VND2 billion dong (over $100,000) to the volleyball team annually, within three consecutive years. However, Phap … [Read more...] about “Extravagant boss” of volleyball team in Gia Lai

23 beach volleyball teams register for Tanimex Cup By Van Khanh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - A total of 12 male and 11 female teams of beach volleyball have put their names down for this year's Tanimex Cup, which is also a final test for selection of the national squads competing in December's Southeast Asian Games, the tournament organizer announced here on Thursday. The host province, in its first participation in the national event, will send one female and one male team, said the organizer, which is HCMC-based Tanimex Company. This is also the first time the tournament is held outside HCMC. Both the first and second editions took place in the city last year and in 2007, and Tanimex male and female teams won both years. Tanimex said it would see fierce competition from other teams this time. This year, besides the teams from HCMC and Ninh Thuan, the others come from Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam, Danang, Haiphong and a military unit. Vietnam's beach volleyball teams for the SEA Games in … [Read more...] about 23 beach volleyball teams register for Tanimex Cup

After two months of probation, the Brazilian coach of the Vietnam national men’s volleyball squad – Augusto Sabbatini – has to return home for failing to meet the team’s requirement. VFV Secretary Geneeral Tran Duc Phan said: “The federation’s target is seeking a foreign coach to lead the national team at the SEA Games. At this moment, we are learning about a Chinese coach. If there are no changes, the coach will be tested as soon as possible”. VFV’s biggest concern is how to evaluate the expertise of foreign coaches. The Brazilian coach, Augustino Sabbatini had to leave Vietnam for many reasons. The coach was highly appreciated for coming from a highly-develop volleyball country and for his experience in leading some national volleyball teams in Central and Southern Asia. He nominated himself to the VFV. The association also laid great expectations on him. Yet he failed to show off his expertise during the two months of probation, … [Read more...] about National men’s volleyball team still believes in foreign coaches

VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Thai Thanh Tung has agreed to train the national women’s volleyball team again.
Back again: Coach Thai Thanh Tung -- Photo sggp.org.vn
Tung stepped down last year because he said the team needed a qualified foreign expert to take them to the next level. However, the Viet Nam Federation of Volleyball hasn’t found a suitable expert for the team, so the federation invited him to lead the team once again.
Last year, coach Tung, who was born in the northern province of Thai Binh, helped the squad rank fifth in the Asian tournament and earn a silver medal in the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.
Viet Nam will participate in the upcoming VTV Cup 2016 and Asian Cup Volleyball Championship 2016.
In other news, Japanese Shuto Koichi will coach the women’s junior volleyball team starting May 22 … [Read more...] about Tung returns to coach VN women’s volleyball team